RT-3100 5-Port Single-WAN Gigabit Router User Guide
l If the configuration file was downloaded to a PC which is not the device that will be
connecting, email the configuration file to an account that the device can access.
This will allow mobile devices to open the configuration file directly to their
OpenVPN app.
Important! Each configuration created for the OpenVPN server will only allow one
connection at a time. Multiple users must have individual configurations created for
them. If a second user attempts to connect to a configuration with a user already
connected, the first user will be dropped from the connection.
5.
Once all profiles are complete, they must be downloaded to each device needing VPN
access.
a. Next to each profile, click the … More and choose Download.
b. Take the Download file (.ovpn) and add it to the computer that needs to
connect to VPN (profile you just created). This Configuration file can be emailed
to the device that will be connecting so it can be loaded into the OpenVPN app
and the connection can be made.
Set up the OpenVPN user profile
Each computer must do two things to enable VPN.
1.
Enable OpenVPN on their computer.
2.
Download the VPN (.ovpn) profile to their computer. (This file can be emailed or
transmitted via USB).
OpenVPN client setup for Windows, iOS, Android
Windows
Each computer using OpenVPN needs an Open VPN client. OpenVPN-GUI is a popular,
free, OpenVPN client for Windows.
To Use OpenVPN on a PC:
1. Download OpenVPN-GUI here and install it on your Windows PC.
2.
Download the Routers OpenVPN configuration file and save it to your computer.
3.
To use the OpenVPN configuration file, it must be saved into the OpenVPN
configuration folder. This folder can be found in one of two places depending on
if you installed the 32 or 64 bit verion of OpenVPN-GUI.
a.
The 32-bit version will be located in C:\Program Files
(x86)\OpenVPN\config
b.
The 64-bit version will be located in C:\Program Files\OpenVPN\config
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